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The answer to the Soft White Boy Rock Tournament, the Wine Mom Anthem Field of 64 includes such Barefoot wine approved pre-game/karaoke jams from Cher, Cheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, The Cranberries, and many many more in a battle for the championship! Noted wine mom experts Alex Ludovico, Blockhead and Jesse the Tree join us to answer this pressing question! As always you can get e...

Ok, this is the one for spooky season! Since the first episode in 2021, where ALASKA was the ferryman wading us all through the "Halloween" franchise and the similarities between horror purists and hip hop purists regarding "Illmatic", Zilla has caught up to the filmography of Michael Myers and now both guys go one-for-one: what Nas album is the ideal match for each "Hallo...

The first mixtape featured on Used Records is 2009's "Enemy of the State" from Lupe Fiasco, one of the most vicious collections of otherwordly bars and versatility from the mixtape era! As always you can get exclusive and early content through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

Alaska has a theory that Halloween and Nas have the same career arc. Enjoy this wild off the cuff theorizing of this lost episode from Zilla and Alaska back in 2021. Next week Zilla and Alaska are going to do a Killmatic Deep Dive, consider this episode a primer. As always, for exclusive content and early access, be sure to check out our patreon!

The latest coffeetable book all hip hop diehards will add to their Christmas list is "Do Remember!", a history of NYC mixtapes from the '80s through the early 2000's. Authors Evan Auerbach (of Up North Trips fame) and Daniel Isenberg aka Stan Ipcus join Castro and Zilla to highlight the power of tapes, why hunting for exclusives is still a drug, and how DJ Clue, DJ S&S, Kid C...

Our pal Open Mike Eagle swings by to talk about the blooming indie rap scene and the parallels to the late '90s/early '00s era of Def Jux/Anticon/Rawkus/Rhymesayers, plus shed light on the making of his new LP "Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering". Finally, Castro and Zilla pick some of their favorite indie rap releases of the year! As always for exclusive content and early acc...

This week each of the fellows brought a long a question for the others thus the title, 3 questions. As always for exclusive content and early access please support our patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

This week Alaska introduces Castro and Zilla to the 2013 Doppelgangaz album Hark. You can find the 10 year anniversary edition of Hark edition here

PARDON ME WHILE I POD! Alex Ludovico is back for part 2 of the Incubus trilogy on Used Records to discuss the 2001 album "Morning View". Wait till you hear the absolutely WILD Rolling Stone review of the album on top of the guys talking Brandon Boyd's devastatingly good looks in the world of nu metal, the divisive nature of "Aqueous Transmission" as an album closer, and wha...

First time guests DJ Jon Doe and Eddie Meeks of Southern Vangard Radio swing by to talk about their history with Southern radio, creating weekly mixshows and rap podcasts for close to a decade straight, and their new book outlining their longstanding careers! Plus we talk Burlington Coat Factory, downtown Atlanta looking like "The Walking Dead" during COVID, hanging at Erick Sermon's...

A truly rambunctious bass-heavy album from an unlikely trio of Apathy, Ryu of Styles of Beyond, and producer Scoop DeVille, "Uzi Does It" from Get Busy Committee is a record you need to play with the windows down, the low end cranked up, and no kids remotely within range! As always, for early releases, exclusive content and more join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepod...

This week we are joined by Jason Griff to discuss Stacking Chips, the new record with Zilla Rocca! And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

Zilla is here to give his overall thoughts on the FX mini-series, how it compared to the original run, why it felt more like a David Simon show, and the nods to "No Country For Old Men" and "The Long Goodbye"! And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

This week we discuss the career of the legendary Biz Markie. And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

The fellas do a full and thorough review of the new Christopher Nolan epic about the man who unleashed hell during WWII along with update Nolan movie power rankings, favorite performances, and other Manhattan Project recommendations!

Previously only available to our Patreon subscribers, this One Shot with Zilla Rocca was recorded in 2 parts: first on Mother's Day after the Sixers were humiliated in Game 7 by the hated Boston Celtics, and the following day to evaluate the continued slimy dreck that is the Sixers organization. This episode has proven to be prophetic, as Doc Rivers has since been shitcanned, James Harden has...

This week we are joined by Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove for a journey to Frankenstein's laboratory where we create the perfect MC out of the traits of other MCs in the first annual Frankenstein an MC Fantasy Draft. Sharif and Dove have a great new album out called Decay which you can get here: https://backwoodzstudioz.com/collections/decay As always, for exclusive content and early epis...

It's what the streets have been begging for: Alex Ludovico and Zilla talking Incubus! This is a special Used Records about the nu-metal, Clinton-era, mild mannered, and agreeable " beta-male band" (as stated by Rolling Stone) and their breakthrough LP "Make Yourself" from 1999! And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

This week we celebrate out 200th episode with a listener mailbag! And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

This week we are joined by journalist Gary Suarez. We discuss his career path, philosophy with regards to his work, criticism as an artform and the Cabbages empire, and more. You can find all Gary's work here: https://linktr.ee/imgarysuarez And as always for early access and exclusive content check out our patreon: ⁠ https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

Zilla is over the goddamn MOON that Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens is back for the new season of "Justified". Set in Detroit, with wall to wall beloved character actors, the new series is a step sideways from the classic show that ran on FX with Walton Goggins, Jere Burns, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, and more. Opening beat is "Wynn Duffy" by The Expert and Zilla Rocca o...

This week we are joined by three veterans of the service industry (PremRock, TweetsVanZandt and MaxNoPo) to discuss Season 2 of the Bear! You can find PremRock here: https://planetpremrock.bandcamp.com/ TweetsVanZandt here: https://twitter.com/TweetsVanZandt And MaxNoPo here: https://twitter.com/MaxNoPo For early access to episodes and exclusive content please be sure to support our Patreon: https...

This week we offer the second installment in our Crew Love series where we discuss the Boot Camp Clik (BCC)! We are joined by longtime friend of the pod GENG PTP!  You can find all things GENG PTP related here: https://linktr.ee/gengptp As always, for exclusive content and early access to episodes please join our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

This week we are joined by Grap Luva to discuss the legacy of his cousin Heavy D! You can find Grap Luva at the following places: Bandcamp Twitter For early access to episodes and exclusive content please be sure to support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast

This week, Zilla spotlights Showbiz & AG's 1998 EP Full Scale. For early access to episodes and exclusive content please be sure to support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calloutculturepodcast